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Hooniverse Asks: What's the greatest 24 Hours of LeMons car of all time?
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Of all the great shitbox race cars on the planet, you certainly have to have one that stands out in your head as an all-time great. While I love the car shown above, our very own Überbird, it doesn’t sit as my all-time favorite machine to run at a 24 Hours of LeMons event. There…
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A '68 AMC AMX… Rally car?
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Amid the lovelies seeking shade at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed rally paddock, you’ll encounter a deliciously varied array of classics. Some, like the Lancia Fulvia, Ford Escort, Subaru Impreza, Mini Cooper and Ford RS200 are larger than life rally heroes, permanently etched into history for their contribution to motorsport. Others, well, others aren’t…
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Porsche: Bringing home the bacon, and then sharing it.
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Porsche is in justifiably high spirits right now. People seem to have an insatiable appetite for the brand’s products; the second generation Panamera and Cayenne are attractive enough that fears of Porsche losing its way now seem to have evaporated. Celebrating 70 years of sports cars this year, the Stuttgart stalwarts are feeling confident. Winning…
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Hatchback Hero: Metro 6R4
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Imagine car shopping in the 1980s. Your parents are the market for a small, economical hatchback that’ll be easy to park and simple to drive. The family makes a trip to ‘big town’ to visit a few dealerships, with the Ford Fiesta, Vauxhall Nova and Austin-Rover Metro in mind. You, age seven, have been having…
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Justifiable obscurity? Porsche-Enzmann 506 Spyder
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Goodwood FoS is an undertaking of such magnitude that its gravity can pull in far more than your average classic car show can manage. Sure, there are MGBs and E-Types, Austin Healeys and Aston Martin DB5s, but they mostly stay in the car park. Head on over to the Cartier ‘Style et Luxe’ concours, though,…
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Robocar: It's Motorsport, Jim, but….
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It was something of a departure for Goodwood. Here, heading up the hill, is a car that’s all but silent. That’s nothing new in itself, of course, and it’s possible that the 2038 Goodwood Festival of Speed will be dominated by cars powered by a flow of electrons rather than a flow of high-octane gasoline.…
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Goodwood: Stuck in traffic.
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In any other situation, a dude frantically whistling and shouting to prevent you from crossing the street would be an annoying nuisance. Not so the Goodwood Festival of Speed. In fact, upon hearing that whistle, the sense of excitement is palpable when the crowd parts to create a thoroughfare. “What will it be?” is the…
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This is the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed
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Yes, that is a genuine Rothmans-liveried, Dakar rally spec Porsche 959, and yes, it’s elevated about a hundred feet off the ground, on the end of a very elaborate stick. That’s the kind of thing you get when the Goodwood Festival of Speed has a Silver Jubilee to celebrate. There are motoring events, and there…
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That's not gone well: Lister-Jaguar munches on some Goodwood hay
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Lord March’s driveway is seeing its fare share of action today, and not all of it is joyful. Earlier we showed you what happens when a NASCAR Toyota Tundra understeers a bit too far. Now you get to see the end result of a four-wheel lockup in a 1958 Lister-Jaguar. (And click past the jump…
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The News for July 13th, 2018
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. There’s also just a little opinion of mine because I can. This week: Ford’s Eagle Squadron Mustang GT unveiled at Goodwood Singer shows off the epic “DLS” Porsche 964 again…
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Mystery Car
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This week’s Mystery Car comes once again from my friend Peter Ciani. His frustration with your ability to correctly identify his mysterious vehicles is kind of annoying him in an amusing way. This week he sent me several choices of cars to pick. I decided to keep things simple but interesting. Good luck. Same rules…
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Bill Goldberg understeers his NASCAR Toyota Tundra into the hay at Goodwood
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Bill Goldberg loves him some powerful automobiles. Recently, the former professional wrestler has been seen all over Southern California enjoying his green Dodge Demon. Now Goldberg has trekked to Goodwood to take in the Festival of Speed… and we mean really take it in. Goldberg owns a former NASCAR Craftsman Toyota Tundra. In fact, I…
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Hooniverse Asks: Is there a perfect car?
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Is there such a thing as a perfect car? A vehicle designed so well and built so good that it would satisfy just about everyone who cares about cars? And a vehicle that would withstand the test of time in terms of design, performance, and longevity? Yes, it’s completely overhauled with the most obsessive attention…
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This is what a 900 horsepower Dodge Viper does at Goodwood
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Ireland and America have joined forces to destroy the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Well, not really… but the duo will put on one hell of a show. Ireland is represented by Formula Drift pro Dean Kearney. The American side of the equation is Kearney’s ridiculous 900 horsepower Dodge Viper. What started life as a road-racing…
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McLaren looks to the future with its Track25 planA future with more models and total hybridization
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McLaren is leading the changeover from a global horsepower war to one focused on cutting weight. The British automaker is primed to open its new McLaren Composites Technology Center (MCTC), which will increase the amount of light-yet-strong materials that Woking’s finest will have on hand. It’s all part of McLaren’s just announced Track25 plan for…
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LEGO Car Factory – They Build Themselves Now!
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AI, or Artificial Intelligence, is a really hot topic now. Companies are heavily investing in the technology, experts are constantly discussing it. Limits aren’t really known yet. But there are fears, human fears. The fears are those of the unknown – what if the intelligent computers create a robot army that will destroy us? Or…